Mycological illustration (16th-18th century)

Mushrooms: a very special place… in the plant kingdom Before the development of mycology as a recognized science in the 19th century, mushrooms were most frequently studied with plants, though naturalists since Antiquity had noticed and emphasized their very unique nature. The discourse found in the voluminous herbariums of the Renaissance remained heavily influenced by the writings of naturalists from Antiquity. Theophraste’s (ca 372ca 288 B.C.) opinion that mushrooms are pla..